Show fl LIV e VESTO ESTOCK 4 TI SITUATION f I 1 at hie tock lards A general slowing down in demand for fresh meats on the eve of the christmas holidays was in evidence during the week and the situation was further complicated by the closing of a good many retail shops in areas adjacent to los angeles on un union ion demands for a monday holidays these factors influenced fluen ced a very sluggish outlet for dressed meat which was reflected back to the market for cattle on the hoof As a result of the late week end trade was particularly dull and quite a few cattle went over the first hands for lack of satisfactory bids fat steers closed weak to fully lower while she stock finished steady to weak after losing gains noted at the of the weeks trading moderate receipts and a fair demand held prices on replacement stock on a generally steady base locally receipts lor ane week were moderately heavier than the previous week while there was a slight falling off in supplies at the 12 leading markets the general inflow however was well above for the same period a year ago beef steers formed a fairly large portion of the weeks offering at the los angeles yards A number of loads sold at 23 to 2360 and odd head touched 21 2 with numerous sales of medium to good steers at 1950 t to 0 2275 and a sprinkling of plain kinds at 17 to 18 0 best heifers heffers turned at 1875 to 2050 strictly good young cows ranged upward to 1775 several loads and part loads making 1675 to 1725 with most medium to low good beef cows bringing 1350 13 ia to sag common cows brought 11 to 13 while most cutters rapped aln 10 to 1073 1075 and canners bulked at 0 9 to 10 odd shelly sorts drifting down to and under bulls were a little changed with a few good heavy beef descriptions up to 17 to 18 and most bolo gnas turning at 13 to 1550 common down to 11 and below calves were vere irregular but on th the e whole prices were well sustained with late upturns A few best slaughter calves moved at 20 to a high of 2121 with numerous sales of good to low choice kinds at 18 to 1960 fleshy feeders sold up to 18 and a few loads of good to choice feeder calves at 1850 to 20 bulk of replacement stock moved at 1550 to 17 spurred by sharp declines at chicago and missouri river markets hog prices at west coast points suffered the sharpest break since price controls dropped at los angeles values dropped to 3 to a 22 top in late rounds scant supplies of sheep and lambs offered little opportunity for a real test of the market quotations on lambs ranging to 22 were unchanged with the previous week |